Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-19

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Mr.. Butcher. or those claiming under him,
be or they might require 1t TO be abated
and it is also stated that during the con-
I struction ofthe extension, George 7. Oil
yer. who resided in the neighbOrhOOd,
( complained Of probable injury TO him, and
I that the directors satisfied him by prom
iSeS. that if injury To him resulted, they
would correct IL. The extension cost
seven or eight thousand dollars, and in our
opinion no further expense should be in
Cured with respect to this sewer until the
rigth TO maintain il Internationally has
been acquired. and full evidence
Of that right filed among
the papers OF the hospital
Occasionally and for long periods luna
tics were confined in the jailS Of the State,
because for want of rOom for them III the
hospital, and il has been insisted at all
times that room ought TO have been made
for them by removing 20 the poor-hOuseS
OF the several counties such of the incurI-
BILE insane is are harmless. We have felt
that we ought To make some recommended
ton on this question, and the effort 70
come 10 q conclusion respecting 1t has
brought US face 10 face with the important
question OF the policy which should be
pursued by the State with reference to the
location and construction OF additional hos
pital accommodations for the insane.
The main building OF the hospital at
Weston was originally planned and the
pyincipIlplrt of It constructed for the Te-
ception Of luuaticS supposed 10 be unable
The part first completed was immediately
filled with chronic CaSeS, mostly brought
from the Virginia hospitals alter the war.
Afterwards, and from time 20 time, addl-
tiOnS were constructed, and As fast d they
were opened they were filed with pa
tients. most of whom had been lying III
Jail - long that the probability Of
their cure was but small. What
Wa designed for a hospital has become An
asylum, and the expensive building
planned and suited lOT the cure OF the in
sane is occupied in large part b. patients
hUpal SLY insane. and who need only care
Tor theiE physical we'll being This care
can Is well be given in buildings les eX-
penSiye in design and material, Tor the
construction OF which, aS we'll n a Sepl-
rate bHilding for those who have cOnta-
nous or infectious diseases ii such build
my be thought advisable. there IL ample
room on the grounds ot the Hospital AT
Weston.
In consideration OF the crowded condi-
ton OF the present hospital, made So 10y
the reception for years ot chronic and IN
durable Eases OF insanity, We suggest the
propriety of erecting a comfortable but IN
expensive building. in the immediate
neighburhoCd OF the present establishment,
tor the reception Of Eases ot the character
mentioned above, leaving the main build
inc 10 he occupied by patients believed to
he curable. The advantages OF erecting
such n building at Weston. instead VI eStab-
fishing an additional asylum 1t some other
point in the State, are readily apparent.
Among them we will mention the small
cost Of such "A building ~ compared with
that OF a new and independe hospital, the
coayenieuce Of transferring patients from
one building To the Other. III cL>e they
may have been wrongly CLASSIFIED upon
their entrance, or when their disease NAV
have become chronic and Incurahle, the
rrluirrMent OF hpt one medical ~uperin-
trndsnt and carpS OF officer, economy IN
| Purchasing supplies III large quantities,
the readiness with which the building eau
he erected and the avoidance OF combining
/ uIticnts hereafter in the jailS OF the State,
which hAS been such = fruitful source Of
/ incurable and hopeless eases Of the disease.
l The adoption of such 4 course will, IN our
Judgment, not only enable the State Ia
continue her care over the harmless and
/ lncurahlc CASES Of insanity, but will
also put it into her power IA give
proper care aud treatment "a all
acute cases OF the disease which may here
after occur within her borders, almost ut
once and for years To come.
JOSEPH SPRIGG,
ROBERT ". DAILY,
ANDREW K. BAREEE,
(. =. SUNNERS
W. 7. NCRBARh.
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Ga motion u Mr.. Kidd. the report was
laid on the table.
The Committee on Executive Offices and
Library reported the following:
The committee have agreed to the GGue'
assigned thcIG aGl would report that'th'
room now used aS a Public Library l. IN
adequate for such purposes. Over 3,HI
volumes being now packed away in boxes,
there being no reoh. "a 49, EheiveS Tor sal,
volumes. We therefore recommend thaI
the said room be enlarged, the pan ans
estimated Gust being hereby submitted II
a report To this committee by hoa. l. >
Wood. Adiutant General and - oricio IL
brarian. which Is made a part of this.
The stationery room OF the Secretary o
States office Is neatly and properly ar
ranged 40 ~ to avoid the waste Of galHabl'
stationery Ia the State. The space assignee
him for stationery and documents i, how
ever. too small. Your con mittee therefor
recommend that the room now used by IN
iauitor he turned over TO the Secretary a
State NJ a document and packing room AIT
the corner O Of the sEI:' on the tlr>
hoor be turned over TO the JlnIEor toT ii
Use.
d II. J.. K ~ Authorizing the cOmmi,
tee appointed 70 investigate the Hos
= initial for the ln~ne to repor
/ TO the Governor after III
: adjournment of the Legislature Shouts
: they find II impossible to submit a rePoT
to the present session. and authorizing III
Governor TO have such report printed an
: distributed ut his discretion among IN
= several counties giving not les thai
z twenty copies to each county, w2s oharet
by Mr.. DAWSON. and a motion was mad
! by Mr.. Hamilton 10 lay the resolution OF
| the table. pending which the House wen
into Joint Assembly. After the diSSolu
t ton of the Joint Assembly a recess Wa